Senior Speech & Language Therapist - Adults

Join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy team to work with Head and Neck Cancer, Voice and Acute Inpatients. You will work on a team that is supportive and dedicated. We provide:

• Specialist Clinics: Joint Voice Disorders, Hoarse Voice Assessment, SLT-led nasendoscopy, FEES, and videofluoroscopy
• Inclusive and committed CPD opportunities, evidence-based practice, audit, research, and staff well-being
We have won 2 awards; for staff Well-Being and for Quality Improvement.
• Our patient satisfaction is high with an I Want Great Care score of 4.76/5 and a 15.8% response rate.
• High staff satisfaction; TED Survey score of 4.4/5., The job:
• Inpatients: inpatients across a variety of wards, including AMU, Critical Care, Frailty, Dementia, ENT, Surgical, Cardiology, Orthopaedic and Respiratory.
• Outpatients: Head & Neck cancer including pre and post radiotherapy, max fax and laryngectomy; voice and outpatient dysphagia.
• Support the Clinical Team Leads with operational management of the Adult SLT service.
• Work with Head and Neck cancer inpatients and outpatients as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Liaise with colleagues across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and participate in the regional Head and Neck MDT meetings.
• Deliver training and education to the wider MDT and provide clinical education to SLT students and T-level students
• Contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
  
  DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from
under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.


• Opportunities for role development and Band 6 leadership training.
• Active involvement in Qi initiatives
• Close links with Stroke Team, ENT, Radiology, Nutrition, Dietetics, and other key services.
• A supportive environment that values transparency and staff engagement in service delivery and decision making